Effect of parental formal education on risk of child stunting in Indonesia and Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study

The Lancet

Volumn 371, Issue 9609, 2008, Pages 322-328

  Semba, Richard D ^a   de Pee, Saskia ^b   Sun, Kai ^a   Sari, Mayang ^e   Akhter, Nasima ^f   Bloem, Martin W ^b,c,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Policy   (Italy)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^f HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CAREGIVER; CHILD GROWTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INDONESIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; NUTRITION; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUNTING SYNDROME; URBAN AREA;

BANGLADESH; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROWTH; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INDONESIA; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 44449087975     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60169-5     Document Type: Article

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